I. THE WEST END AND NORTH-WEST.
The WEST END, in the narrower sense, comprehends the regions extending west from Charing Cross to Kensington Church, with Westminster, Belgravia, and Brompton on the south, the region of the parks (St. James's Park, Green Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens) and Mayfair in the centre, and Bayswater and (less distinctly) Marylebone on the north. Within these limits lies the London of fashion and pleasure, with the royal palaces and the abodes of the wealthy, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, most of the great public collections, the majority of the leading clubs, hotels, and theatres, and the finest and dearest shops. To the north of Charing Cross lies Soho, with Bloomsbury (including the British Museum) farther to the north-east. Chelsea lies on the river, to the south-west.
